Laozi (or Lao Tzu) was an ancient Chinese philosopher from the 6th–5th century BCE and the founder of philosophical Taoism, which emphasizes living in harmony. He wrote Tao Te Ching, which entails the proper way to rule (aimed at emperors of the time). However, much of what was written can be applied to our daily lives as well. As a long-time admirer of his teachings, I decided to compile some of my favorite passages from his text to share his wisdom with you all. Below are the original transcripts with their English translations:
故常無, 欲以觀其妙; 常有, 欲以觀其徼。
Not to desire the things of sense is to know the freedom of spirituality; and to desire is to learn the limitation of matter.
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You’re the immortal dictator of the world, ruling with an iron fist…and bored out of your mind. To spice things up, you start setting up little rebel cells, stoking revolts and keeping records of which group makes it the closest to actually reaching your throne room.
Here is a catalog of my most requested and most liked posts. I hope this helps you navigate your witchy world a little easier. Collecting resources is key!
Casting a Circle for Beginners
Tarot Workbook Tutorial
ASK: I’m a baby witch. Where do I start?
ASK: Witch Stereotypes
ASK: Centering, Grounding, Shielding
ASK: Are there “Christian” witches?
ASK: Finding Familiars
Witch Locator Map
Witch Haven: a Discord Server
Appropriation: Part One
Appropriation: Part Two
Calling on the Power of Water
Mother Ocean Spell
ASK: What do I do with all this sea glass?
ASK: I am a baby sea witch. Where do I start? I plan on expanding this to a full article. Stay tuned.
ASK: Trees associated with Sea/Water Magick
La Mer
“Like Elements” Prayer
Self-Improvement Spell
ASK: Stage Fright
Calling the Corners
Aesthetics of Elements —Earth —Air —Fire —Water
Divination Incantation
Readings for Followers Tag
Tarot FAQ: Receiving Readings from Me
Essential Oils on Skin
Sigil: RESOLVE
Sigil: RETURN
Sigil Bottle Necklace
About Page
My Face
That One Post Where I Sing
Personal Writings and Poetry Tag
Let’s Talk: Gender Hierarchies and Identity Politics
Story Time: MAGICK IS REAL
When did I become a sea witch?
A young gay dragon has to explain to his parents why he is only kidnapping princes
BTS | The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas : A Short Story
𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 ✨✨
𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 <𝟑
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮
𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝, 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬/𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜
𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜, 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞
𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭
𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭
𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐟, 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐧
𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐮𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞
𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐲, 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞
Suite Bergamasque, CD 82 ; L.75 - IV. Passepied (Orchestral)
By Composer Claude Debussy
Performed By The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra
Claude Debussy with Erik Satie, in the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne, Paris (Debussy’s home) in 1910.
Silver: femininity, awakening to spirituality and the cosmic mind, intuition, the moon, divination
Gold: masculinity, divine protection, wisdom, inner knowledge, universal energy, the sun
Black: contemplation of the universe, protection, elegance, power, mystery, the unknown
Grey: dignity, seeing between white and black, unseen health problems
Indigo: intuition, divination, psychic awareness, akashic records, clarity of the mind, third eye chakra
Lavender: dreams, imagination, etheric energy
Turquoise: sensitivity to emotions, compassion, healing, counseling, immune system health
Emerald: healing, love, emotions, love of others and oneself
Violet: spiritual sensitivity, intuition, psychic power, healing of body and mind, deep awareness, gateways to spirit
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